https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=358051 A belated challenge to adjudicatory competence was not entertained where the petitioner had already participated on merits in foreign exchange proceedings and had an effective statutory appeal. The Court treated the jurisdictional objection as a mixed question of law and fact that should have been raised at the earliest opportunity. It held that writ jurisdiction under Article 226 is extraordinary and discretionary, and that the availability of an efficacious appellate remedy weighed against certiorari. On the facts, the petitioner had no sufficient justification to bypass the statutory forum, so the writ petition failed. en-us Wed, 21 Mar 2018 00:00:00 +0530 Fri, 22 Mar 2019 12:51:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=358051 A belated challenge to adjudicatory competence was not entertained where the petitioner had already participated on merits in foreign exchange proceedings and had an effective statutory appeal. The Court treated the jurisdictional objection as a mixed question of law and fact that should have been raised at the earliest opportunity. It held that writ jurisdiction under Article 226 is extraordinary and discretionary, and that the availability of an efficacious appellate remedy weighed against certiorari. On the facts, the petitioner had no sufficient justification to bypass the statutory forum, so the writ petition failed. Case-Laws FEMA Wed, 21 Mar 2018 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=358051